Voices of War: Stories from the Australians at War Film Archive edited by Michael Caulfield

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Ex library copy with external stickers and protective plastic covering. Stamps on inside. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Tiny burn mark on inside blank page and half-title page. Interior otherwise is very good. Minor shelf wear to foredges.

A collection of stories of the experience of war told by those who were there. They are fresh, often raw and emotional, always gripping.

Drawn from engagements ranging from World War I to operations in East Timor and Iraq, the stories are taken from the Australians at War Film Archive - a collection of the memories of over two thousand Australians who have served, both on the front line and at home.

Some are unbelievably, unbearably tragic, even after sixty or seventy years - others are the golden memories of happy, albeit unusual, times. And, more often than not, they are stories that have not before been shared with others, even family members.

There are stories from winners of the VC; stories from the POW camps of Asia and Europe; from the patrols of Vietnam to those who served as peacekeepers in Rwanda and Somalia.

There are stories from nurses, from those who have volunteered to serve with aid agencies. They are stories of ordinary Australians caught up by circumstances and by duty in wartime.

Here are their words telling how they answered when ruthless questions were hurled at them. (publisher blurb)